My coverage is bigger than yours: Verizon spats with AT&T over
the FirstNet responders' network

Bill Horne

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Message-ID: <20180313153708.GA6317@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:37:08 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
Subject: Verizon bid to block Yahoo user lawsuits fails
A US district court judge cleared the way for Yahoo users to sue over
a massive 2013 data breach which impacted 3 billion accounts, despite
an effort by Verizon to have the claims dismissed.
In the wake of the hack, users argued in court the company should have
acted sooner to disclose the data breaches and claimed the company put
them at risk of identity theft. Though Judge Lucy Koh dismissed some
user claims for lacking merit, she let stand claims accusing Yahoo of
negligence, deceit by concealment and breach of contract.
https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/verizon-bid-to-block-yahoo-user-lawsuits-fails/
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Message-ID: <20180313162511.GA6460@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:25:11 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
Subject: Job security: Frontier Communications workers continue with
strike
By Charles Boothe
BLUEFIELD - Job security is the main issue of a continued strike
involving Frontier Communications workers, and about 30 of those jobs
that may be at risk could be in Bluefield.
Johnny Bailey of Bluewell, president of the local chapter of the
Communications Workers of America (CWA) and 40-year employee of the
company, said about 15 percent of the Frontier workforce in West
Virginia [may] lose jobs to outsourcing.
http://www.bdtonline.com/news/job-security-frontier-communications-workers-continue-with-strike/article_da7e85da-258c-11e8-8d50-c32840973958.html
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Message-ID: <20180313155828.GA6375@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:58:28 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
Subject: 911 service restored in Snoqualmie Pass, WA area after
outage
Officials with the the Kittitas County (WA) Sheriff's Office say 911
service has been restored in the Snoqualmie Pass area Monday night.
Sgt. Ryan Abbott of the King County Sheriff's Office told KIRO 7 that
their communication center said they have an email about lines
accidentally being cut.
A CenturyLink official said there was a truck that took out a fiber
line east of North Bend, which took out voice and landlines, as well
as 911 to 650 customers.
http://www.kiro7.com/news/south-sound-news/911-outage-in-snoqualmie-pass-area/715018572
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Message-ID: <20180313154036.GA6336@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:40:36 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
Subject: My coverage is bigger than yours: Verizon spats with AT&T
over the FirstNet responders' network
Back in 2017, AT&T won a quarter-century contract from FirstNet to
roll out and maintain a dedicated LTE network that will exclusively
serve the communication needs of "first responders" like police
officers, firefighters, emergency medical and other services
throughout the United States' 56 states and territories.
This first responders network has been a long time coming, ever since
the 9/11 communications kerfuffle forced the government to set aside
700 MHz band 14 spectrum and a couple of billions to build a
nationwide emergency platform, and awarded the goods to AT&T last
year. Verizon's current emergency network offering, however, will also
be upgraded for better performance, and a VP was quick to remind
everyone that "...we're already working with our public-safety
customers to build the solutions they need" and Verizon has 400,000
square miles more territory covered than AT&T. Bazinga!
https://www.phonearena.com/news/Verizon-cites-square-miles-coverage-vs-AT-T-FirstNet-respondents-network_id103177
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